New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-13
1p1 sHAFER IN A RAGE AGAIN.
,,vr,v SCENE IN THE MANHATTAN CLUB
.porsIE OVER BETS on BrLLIARDs-ooAfLAiNi'
1Ao' s.sT TO THE HOUSE COMMITTEE.


iva sbafer the garrulous lawyer who became notorious
-, enc clearv trial as the champion object 'r has
- orotcr rnmpus through his tendency 10 OpJect "
,bioc and everything that does not please him. As
.,e no obicted TO losing considerable sum Oh MONEY
.-ob a wager made on billiard game at the Man
battan Cmb and accompanied ms ohJeeuoh9 w.
noco 90 violent that had he been in courtroom no
,onA ave been severely punished, and so Onehslo "
The man 10 whom it was addressed that loil''i .,
oint ,vas made TO the officers OF the club Win ' -
having Clearys defender disciplined and' pern"l'
PEELED. -..o, cl,,b House is one
The billiard room in the Manhattan 'iu' - ,u,i,,
NJ the most frequented apartments III '"o - ~
There are several superior bhnaru pay - ~, o' and
members but few have a better coh'lhl VI '' T,5,
- e. Dudley s. Gregory. Late on ih'rSu''S
,',on,n NJ, Gregory and Mr.. Macarthur VINO Is oo,l
,,oo,od with the drygoods establishments Vi - - n
g secured one Of the tables ana began pay ms
,ont game the former dseounths tno ~, -" ~,
other words Jlowing him to take QUE t,,e rho
opnonents string for every point no ni"ue
,. - tbose odds was close and excited inc Interest
SaTor, ;, pou,erov and ". b. Duncan, VINO tooA SOW.
4hn totle Both players were near the ches VI '"',
-, Mr. Macarthur being one or TWO points "he'''
80 AZ ebafer sroled into the ROOM lie seehe. 10
30 in netting mood and glancng at the s,rs' p'D'"
a roll Of bills from his pocket, Win inc i'iu"iN'
IN bet 800 that Gregory wins! ,
g rm toLe vou.r promptly replied Mr.. Macarthur ana
.ho none, was placed in the hands of stakehoider
Incited 10 greater effort by the wager "r ~,
made a halfdozen good shots ana won inc s""io' W
cregory then Withdrew and Messrs. fOmeIoy anu w
Arthur started another game no odds peing gwen eI'no
1vov Mr. Shafcr was extremely anxious 10 pace sono
money on this game and made all sorts oI proposi'o
n,r Nc Arthur but that gentleman refused 10 lhahe
another wager Toward the end OF the game MI mc
Arthur particularly fortunate any tbn Anal shot
Of the game and the object balls We're III sch
that he could count Sts Nc SAItus nee shouted:
Here's $50 that you don't make tA9t shot: 70
,,ad dS Nh M Nt.Ry could hardly help counting
don't care, I'll stake fifty that you can't insisted
' So determined did he appear in his purpose that an
accented his proposition Mr. Macarthur made the s9lt,
Of course and ended the game When N arra S az
realized that he had lost SloO he became 80 en"s "
10 forget himself and his surroundings -, .bo y-or1s
You are pack OF swndlers, are some OF the w
he is reported to have used but most OF tnoln arr SUI
have been of the character that are udciousy
In type by long dashes and series OF eNclt.oI , MAJ
was discount" and attempted ~ Is sa ~ 70
strike Mr. Macarthur and finally became SO made to
throw him out of the window Fortunately IoI the uaee
lawyer, better counses preveu anu 1nT was nrr
left until yesterday when letter OF col PM va
nared and sent to tie House Committee inc PafIcual
allegation made IN the ger man Inn in place where it
coud not be resented The House COMMITTEES sp w..
the missye to the Governing committee mite 81 'c
night and by them IL was referred PACK WIN ls ~
10 Investigate the matter thoroughly, 70 CIV
all the persons concerned and to employ
20 toke fhcir statements. The House committee -
comnosel Of 4 Wright sanford Sargent Cram and john
A, Hone The last named is now in Europe and Fred
erio r. Coudert the Vicepresident OF the ClnD, was
amounted la mi his place on the Committee during the
Investigation The committees report to the GoverR
nent Committee will be made at the next regular meet
inc of that body on the second Thursday i'll June, -
The members of the club rcucent ABOUT the ar
and those who Witnessed it declined 10 gave any VI TIC
details. -, - ,to s,or,,
M ar cot o9ts1c The clurhousc II any is to be
disc1Ined" he said it shOuld he the nan VINO made
the matter public do not consider thai l. as cruz
member have right to speak OF IL. had no cOihcc
fion with the trouble further than spectator ana III!
greatest regret is that was IN the room AT all 49,,
Mr Duncan would not even admit that he hld ncaid OF
any difficulty in the clubhouse and Mr. Macarthur ic
fused TO see reporters. Mr. shafer. who occupies